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Advanced Tank Car Collaborative Research Program (ATCCRP)

Over the last decade, there has been significant ongoing research to develop strategies for improving railroad tank cars so they can maintain tank integrity for more severe accident conditions. Beginning in 2006 and continuing through 2009, Dow Chemical Company, Union Pacific Railroad, and Union...

HQ-2019-1323 (Finalized)

At 11:25 a.m., CST, BNSF Railway (BNSF) freight train C-BTMCOB0-13B (Train 1), derailed near Cloquet, Minnesota. The derailment occurred as Train 1 operated westbound on the Lakes Subdivision at Milepost (MP) 45.49. A total of 39 cars derailed, positions 14-52, all of which were loaded hoppers of...